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Friday, April 27, 2012

The Outer Banks of North Carolina are beautiful! Currituck Beach is no exception - it even boasts this lovely lighthouse.

Well, "Granny" was fortunate to grow up in Currituck Beach, and she turns 90 this weekend!! Her family is celebrating her with a cake commemorating the place where she grew up. Happy Birthday, Granny! 90 is definitely something to celebrate!!

Hello Kitty has been around for ages (my own kindergarten book bag was hello kitty!). She's timeless, and ever so cute! Oh, and in this case, she's also edible!! Hand molded out of fondant and chocolate... Cute and delicious! I'm sure Megan will love it!!

When my girls were toddlers my friends with little boys would always tell me garbage day was the best day of the week... their little boys would sit at the front door and wait and wait and wait for the garbage trucks to go by... easy entertainment!! So, I can't say I was surprised to get an order for a garbage truck for Rhett's 2nd birthday. I love how this garbage truck turned out... the indent carved out of the back of the truck (where the trash is compacted) with some stray trash hanging out, and the metallic garbage can... oh, so cute! (Probably the only time garbage can be called cute... and delicious for that matter!) Hope little Rhett enjoys his garbage truck!

Friday, April 13, 2012

The design for the larger cake came about from a photo I'd seen online... the inspiration cake was one tier, in pink, with a more traditional gumpaste rose... same repeating pattern. We changed the colors, made the rose more modern, added a tier... and a matching smash cake! If you're curious... ('cause I was)... there are 225 mini green football shapes around this cake. Hand cut, and hand placed... yup, that took awhile!

This particular cake was ordered for a family celebrating multiple spring birthdays - a great design for that... it could also be fun for a baby or wedding shower or a very unique wedding cake (imagine this stacked a few layers tall)!

I adore everything about this design. The tiers, the square shape, the stripes, the colors, the white dot borders, the name and age plates... it all came together perfectly!!And a view of the back... equally lovely!!

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Being in the heart of Nascar country, you'd think I'd get more requests for racing cakes... I've done a few racetracks, but never a 3D car - this was fun!! Orange and yellow flames - favorites of the birthday boy!!And to give you some perspective on size, here are my sweeties, posing with the cake! They LOVE seeing the finished products...

Something Sweet

I have a passion for fun cakes... I also have a passion for spending lots of time with my family! Amazingly, I've stumbled upon a way to enjoy both by making custom cakes for my friends (and their friends) out of my very own home here in Charlotte!! If you've found my site by referral and are ready to talk about your design, shoot me an email at triciaharris@hotmail.com. If you've found me from a web search engine, thanks for checking out my designs! Unfortunately, since I'm just one girl with one kitchen, I can't take any web referrals... but feel free to keep looking!